Plot to Ambush and Kill ICE law enforcement officers Uncovered

Principal Accused In ‘Chilling’ Plot To Lure And Ambush ICE Agents

Homeland Security officials confirmed to Fox News that a Virginia principal and his brother are under federal investigation for plotting to attack ICE agents.

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Wednesday that Kempsville High School assistant principal John Wilson Bennett and his older brother, Mark Booth Bennett, were overheard at a Vietnamese restaurant in Virginia Beach allegedly discussing plans to travel to Nevada and carry out attacks on ICE agents.

The brothers reportedly claimed the attacks would be in retaliation for what they described as recent ICE “kidnapping[s]” of civilians during immigration enforcement operations.

John Bennett has been a faculty member at Kempsville High School, located in inland Virginia Beach, since 2009. School officials told local media he is currently on leave.

According to McLaughlin, the investigation began after an off-duty Norfolk police officer overheard the brothers on Nov. 17 discussing plans to “kill police officers and ICE agents.” Mark Bennett allegedly stated that he planned to meet with like-minded individuals in Las Vegas and intended to purchase firearms with explosive rounds.

Two days later, Mark Bennett was arrested at Norfolk International Airport before boarding a flight to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, where he was scheduled to connect to Las Vegas. John Bennett was arrested the same day.

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Will these brothers get more than a slap on the wrist? They have an attorney who is denying it all...of course. Both men were charged with conspiracy to commit malicious wounding, a violation of Virginia state law and will undergo court proceedings at a later date.